- 한국은 주요 자원과 인프라가 수도권에 집중되어 있어 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계의 지역 확산에 어려움을 겪고 있는 실정

○ 기업가정신의 사회･경제적 발전에 대한 기여도 연구를 위해서는 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계에 대한 국가, 지역, 도시 차원의 분석이 필요함

- 지역 혁신 시스템의 중요성과 함께 기업가적 활동과 지원 인프라 구축에 있어서도 지역적 차이점에 기반한 맞춤형 지원 정책 운영이 중요함

○ 해외 주요국에서는 지역별 기업가정신 관련 데이터 축적 및 연구가 활발함

- 예: 미국 카우프만 창업활동 지수(Kauffman Index of Startup Activity), 유럽 연합 Regional Entrepreneurship Development Index (REDI) 등

- 국내는 관련한 데이터의 지속적인 축적과 연구가 매우 부족한 실정

○ 본 연구는 지역별 취약 분야 연구로서 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계의 지역별 격차에 대한 심층 진단과 이를 반영한 지역별 특화 정책 방안을 제시함​

제1장 서론··································································································· 1

제1절 연구 배경 및 필요성··············································································1

제2절 연구 목적 및 내용·················································································2

제3절 연구 방법 및 범위·················································································2

제2장 국내외 지역별 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황과 사례 분석····4

제1절 해외 주요 지역 발전 사례·····································································4

1. 작지만 강한 스타트업 생태계: 볼더(Boulder) ··········································4

2. 스타트업으로 활기를 찾은 시골마을: 채터누가(Chattanooga) ·················9

3. 스타트업으로 위기를 극복한 지역: 디트로이트(Detroit)와 뉴올리언스

(New Orleans) ·····················································································13

4. 소결·······································································································15

제2절 국내 주요 지역 현황 분석···································································17

1. 서울의 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황 분석·······································19

2. 경기도의 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황 분석····································29

3. 대전의 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황 분석·······································42

4. 부산의 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황 분석·······································61

5. 소결·······································································································73

제3장 지역별 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 이론적 고찰····················75

제1절 지역별 기업가정신 연구 동향·······························································75

제2절 지역별 기업가정신 비교 지수 관련 주요 선행 연구·····························76​ 

1. Kauffman Index of Startup Activity ················································76

2. Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index(REDI) ·········79

3. The Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2015 ································83

4. 지역별 혁신 형태 유형화와 지역 기반 혁신 정책(2015) ························85

5. 지역혁신지수의 산출 및 지역 간 비교분석(2006) ··································87

제4장 한국형 지역별 기업가정신 역량 지수 개발·····························90

제1절 새로운 지수의 구성 체계·····································································90

제2절 데이터 측정 및 지수 산출 방법···························································92

1. 인식(Perception)부문············································································92

2. 잠재력(Potential) 부문········································································106

3. 성과(Performance) 부문·····································································114

제3절 지수 분석 결과 및 진단·····································································121

제5장 결론·······························································································133

제1절 결론 및 정책 제언·············································································133

제2절 연구의 한계 및 향후 연구 과제·························································135​ 

○ 국내외 주요 지역별 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 현황과 사례를 비교 및 분석하고 그 성공 요인으로 지목된 기업가정신 및 창업 활성화 정책의 영향을 평가함

- 해외의 경우, 지역별 특성을 살린 창업 생태계 활성화를 통해 지역 격차를 극복하고 발전에 성공한 주요 지역 사례를 분석​ 

○ 기존의 지역별 기업가정신과 관련한 지수들의 특징과 한계성 파악을 위해 국내 외 지역별 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계 비교 지수 관련 선행 연구 검토

- 미국의 카우프만 창업활동 지수, EU의 REDI(Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index) 등, 지수 측정 항목들의 벤치마킹 가능성을 모색

○ 한국의 지역별 창업 생태계 실태의 비교 및 분석을 위한 지수 개발

- 특정 시점의 성과나 인식 수준을 산출하는 기존 지수들의 한계를 극복하고, 진단과 선행적 처방이 가능하도록 시계열 분석을 염두에 둔 새로운 지수를 개발

- 새로 개발한 지수를 활용하여 17개 시･도별 기업가정신 및 창업 생태계의 강점을 비교, 분석

○ 지역별 창업 생태계를 고려한 특화 정책 방향을 제시

- 단순한 지역별 기업가정신의 격차 해소 차원이 아닌, 지역 혁신 관점에서 지역강점 강화 및 차별화에 초점을 둔 맞춤형 정책을 제안​